Month: August 2024

awesome + uniting

• Why do people compete in the Colorado State Fair? For some it’s continuing tradition, for others it means trying new things
• Bo Nix named Broncos starting QB for Week 1 at Seattle: “He’s been consistent”
• These Colorado Democrats got a chance to help VP Harris from the DNC stage while boosting their national credentials

awesome + controversy

• Colorado finalizes psilocybin regulations, allowing for supervised use
• Colorado is automatically sealing more than 100,000 criminal records
• New test scores show many Colorado students have shaken off pandemic setbacks, but gaps remain

awful + uniting

• Back to school means no AC for 29 Denver schools; proposed bond measure could help
• Colorado oil and gas operator won’t pay millions in fines if it agrees to cease operations in the state
• Denver district attorney asks court to dismiss murder charges in deadly road rage shooting on I-25

awful + controversy

• Colorado abortion funds struggle to cope with increased demand, donation shortfalls
• Fort Collins installing speed cameras around the city this fall
• GOP chair Dave Williams voted out by party members in meeting he calls “illegitimate”

awesome + uniting

• Tim Walz, speaking at $3 million Denver fundraiser, attacks Trump for false AI-crowd claims
• 9Things to do in Colorado this weekend: Aug. 16-18
• ProgressNow Colorado’s 21st Anniversary Gala

awesome + controversy

• Giant balloons floating above Colorado’s wildfires could help to predict future blazes
• Colorado Gov. Polis calls lawmakers back to Denver for special session on property taxes
• Sweeping changes have arrived for residential real estate in Colorado

awful + uniting

• Extreme heat at Colorado airshow sickens about 100 people with 10 hospitalized, officials say
• Calls for justice in Aurora police’s killing of Kilyn Lewis amplify
• Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office K-9 escapes handler, bites child and father

awful + controversy

• Colorado’s lagging childhood vaccination rates an “accident waiting to happen”
• GUILTY: Tina Peters found guilty on most charges
• Senate District 6 candidates denounce ‘fearmongering’ GOP fundraising email

awesome + uniting

• Colorado’s Mallory Swanson scores lone goal as USWNT wins first gold medal since 2012
• Colorado to become center for stiff person syndrome treatment with donation from Céline Dion
• For Over 50 Years, This Town Has Hosted One Of The Longest-Running Festivals In Colorado

awesome + controversy

• Colorado fire officials say Quarry Fire is 100% contained
• 200 new laws go into effect Wednesday across Colorado
• Tourists spent $28.2B in Colorado last year, representing nearly 4% growth in spending

awful + uniting

• As Colorado’s bird flu outbreak continues, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra urges Coloradans to be prepared
• Suncor sued in federal court by environmental groups seeking hundreds of millions in fines
• Denver PD officers fired after allegedly joking about going to immigrant shelters for ‘target practice’

awful + controversy

• Aspen Welcomes Its Most Notorious Criminal Since Ted Bundy
• Judge lifts order keeping Republicans from trying to remove Dave Williams as Colorado’s GOP chair
• Former Tina Peters supporter takes stand against her

awesome + uniting

• Things to do this weekend: Colorado Day, First Friday markets and more
• Free school supplies, haircuts, vaccines, and more. Check out these 2024 back-to-school events
• Lucky cat rescued from Quarry Fire: ‘Symbol of what we’ve been through here’

awesome + controversy

• Children’s social media safety bills pass Senate with Colorado support
• With Randy Gradishar’s induction at age 72, the ‘Orange Crush’ finally gets into Canton
• Judge allows Colorado church to continue sheltering homeless as lawsuit against town plays out

awful + uniting

• Another heat wave has moved in and could push temperatures to record territory this week
• Gov. Jared Polis: Colorado’s three large Front Range wildfires were likely caused by people
• Regis University professor Nicholas Myklebust arrested, charged with killing his wife and daughter in Denver

awful + controversy

• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be on Colorado’s presidential ballot, but Libertarian dispute continues
• Republican campaigns say Colorado GOP turmoil means they are going it alone heading into November
• Aurora cops counter social-media accounts of unruly throng at Aurora shopping center watching Venezuelan election results